Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 20: Tracking the electronic campaign.

Social Networking sites are primarily used by millions of e-generationers, computer age adults of late teens through thirty somethings, to communicate with friends and family. But this presidential election cycle many e-generationers are doing something different with these social networking sites, they are showing their political support on their personal pages so that all can see. And I am here to compare the amount of support each candidate has so far.

This is the weekly report on how the Democratic Presidential Candidates are faring in the world of Social Networking.

Facebook

	Supporters	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	131624	+3395	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	36815	+1539	2
#3 John Edwards	15944	+840	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	7844	+819	4
#5 Joe Biden	4730	+321	6
#6 Mike Gravel	4117	+286	7
#7 Bill Richardson	5384	+222	5
#8 Chris Dodd	1277	+53	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Strong Week.

John Edwards: Consistent Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Mike Gravel: Poor Week.

Bill Richardson: Very Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.


MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	167176	+3794	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	132192	+2252	2
#3 Dennis Kucinich	29868	+1804	7
#4 John Edwards	47626	+306	3
#5 Bill Richardson	20907	+79	5
#6 Mike Gravel	9250	+304	8
#7 Joe Biden	14217	+172	4
#8 Chris Dodd	8837	+122	6

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Strong Week.

John Edwards: Poor Week.

Bill Richardson: Very Poor Week.

Mike Gravel: Poor Week.

Joe Biden: Very Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.


YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	10194	+171	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	5363	+212	3
#3 Dennis Kucinich	3012	+132	2
#4 John Edwards	3750	+45	4
#5 Mike Gravel	2591	+67	5
#6 Joe Biden	1203	+30	6
#7 Bill Richardson	1446	+17	7
#8 Chris Dodd	621	+3	8

Barack Obama: Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Strong Week.

John Edwards: Poor Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Bill Richardson: Very Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 19: Tracking the electronic campaign.

Starting this week I have added Facebook to the list of Social Networking sites I will be tracking. This will give us 3 major sites that are being used by the democratic campaigns to drum up support for their respective campaigns. By watching these sites you can spot trends forming and who knows maybe one of the lower tier candidates might catch fire online and catapult themselves to the front of the pack come January.

Facebook

	Supporters	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	128229
#2 Hillary Clinton	35276
#3 John Edwards	15104
#4 Dennis Kucinich	7025
#5 Bill Richardson	5162
#6 Joe Biden	4409
#7 Mike Gravel	3831
#8 Chris Dodd	1224

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	163382	+3314	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	129940	+2593	2
#3 John Edwards	47320	+218	3
#4 Joe Biden	14045	+332	7
#5 Bill Richardson	20828	+188	5
#6 Chris Dodd	8715	+283	8
#7 Dennis Kucinich	28064	-39	4
#8 Mike Gravel	8946	+241	6

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Very Poor Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Bill Richardson: Very Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Poor Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Very Poor Week.

Mike Gravel: Very Poor Week.


YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	10023	+268	1
#2 Dennis Kucinich	2880	+178	3
#3 Hillary Clinton	5151	+101	2
#4 John Edwards	3705	+64	5
#5 Mike Gravel	2524	+66	4
#6 Joe Biden	1173	+52	6
#7 Bill Richardson	1429	+29	7
#8 Chris Dodd	618	+16	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Strong Week.

John Edwards: Consistent Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week

Joe Biden: Consistent Week.

Bill Richardson: Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 18: Tracking the electronic campaign.

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	160068	+5416	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	127347	+2899	2
#3 John Edwards	47102	+603	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	28103	+522	4
#5 Bill Richardson	20640	+457	6
#6 Mike Gravel	8705	+399	8
#7 Joe Biden	13713	+330	5
#8 Chris Dodd	8432	+328	7

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Consistent Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

Bill Richardson: Poor Week.

Mike Gravel: Poor Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Poor Week.

YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	9755	+191	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	5050	+84	3
#3 Dennis Kucinich	2702	+116	5
#4 Mike Gravel	2458	+121	2
#5 John Edwards	3641	+83	4
#6 Joe Biden	1121	+55	6
#7 Bill Richardson	1400	+32	7
#8 Chris Dodd	602	+17	8

Barack Obama: Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Consistent Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Strong Week.

Mike Gravel: Strong Week

John Edwards: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Consistent Week.

Bill Richardson: Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 17: Tracking the electronic campaign.

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	154652	+6380	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	124448	+3502	2
#3 John Edwards	46499	+663	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	27581	+881	4
#5 Joe Biden	13383	+477	8
#6 Bill Richardson	20183	+129	5
#7 Chris Dodd	8104	+416	7
#8 Mike Gravel	8306	+404	6

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Consistent Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Bill Richardson: Very Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Poor Week.

Mike Gravel: Poor Week.

YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	9564	+417	1
#2 Mike Gravel	2337	+671	5
#3 Hillary Clinton	4966	+226	2
#4 John Edwards	3558	+229	4
#5 Dennis Kucinich	2586	+177	3
#6 Joe Biden	1066	+88	7
#7 Bill Richardson	1368	+67	6
#8 Chris Dodd	585	+34	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Mike Gravel: Very Strong Week

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Very Strong Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Strong Week.

Bill Richardson: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Consistent Week.

Chris Dodd: Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 16: Tracking the electronic campaign.

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	148272	+6615	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	120946	+3746	2
#3 John Edwards	45836	+738	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	26700	+474	4
#5 Bill Richardson	20054	+317	5
#6 Mike Gravel	7902	+354	6
#7 Chris Dodd	7688	+279	8
#8 Joe Biden	12906	+140	7

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Consistent Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Poor Week.

Bill Richardson: Poor Week.

Mike Gravel: Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Poor Week.

Joe Biden: Very Poor Week.


YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	9147	+241	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	4740	+111	3
#3 Dennis Kucinich	2409	+98	4
#4 John Edwards	3329	+52	5
#5 Mike Gravel	1666	+60	6
#6 Bill Richardson	1301	+38	2
#7 Joe Biden	978	+33	7
#8 Chris Dodd	551	+16	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Strong Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

John Edwards: Consistent Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week

Bill Richardson: Poor Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 15: Obama remains in control of MySpace and YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	141657	+7984	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	117200	+5648	2
#3 John Edwards	45098	+1074	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	26226	+1149	4
#5 Bill Richardson	19737	+893	5
#6 Mike Gravel	7548	+522	7
#7 Joe Biden	12766	+344	6
#8 Chris Dodd	7409	+208	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Strong Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Strong Week.

Bill Richardson: Consistent Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.


YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	8906	+177	1
#2 Bill Richardson	1263	+233	7
#3 Hillary Clinton	4629	+83	2
#4 Dennis Kucinich	2311	+90	3
#5 John Edwards	3277	+30	4
#6 Mike Gravel	1606	+71	5
#7 Joe Biden	945	+24	6
#8 Chris Dodd	535	+9	8

Barack Obama: Strong Week.

Bill Richardson: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Consistent Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

John Edwards: Poor Week

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Very Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 14: Obama remains in control of MySpace and YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	133673	+7647	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	111552	+5112	2
#3 John Edwards	44024	+1520	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	25077	+919	4
#5 Bill Richardson	18844	+590	5
#6 Joe Biden	12422	+540	7
#7 Mike Gravel	7026	+471	6
#8 Chris Dodd	7201	+224	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Strong Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Strong Week.

Bill Richardson: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Consistent Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.


YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	8729	+157	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	4546	+98	3
#3 Dennis Kucinich	2221	+92	5
#4 John Edwards	3247	+61	2
#5 Mike Gravel	1535	+75	6
#6 Joe Biden	921	+26	8
#7 Bill Richardson	1030	+23	7
#8 Chris Dodd	526	+12	4

Barack Obama: Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Consistent Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

John Edwards: Consistent Week

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Bill Richardson: Very Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 13: Obama remains in control of MySpace and YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	126026	+6709	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	106440	+5973	2
#3 John Edwards	42504	+725	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	24158	+882	4
#5 Bill Richardson	18254	+190	5
#6 Mike Gravel	6555	+392	7
#7 Joe Biden	11882	+358	6
#8 Chris Dodd	6977	+164	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Consistent Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Strong Week.

Bill Richardson: Very Poor Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.


YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	8572	+119	1
#2 John Edwards	3186	+160	3
#3 Hillary Clinton	4448	+89	2
#4 Chris Dodd	514	+207	8
#5 Dennis Kucinich	2129	+66	4
#6 Mike Gravel	1460	+68	5
#7 Bill Richardson	1007	+24	6
#8 Joe Biden	895	+16	7

Barack Obama: Strong Week.

John Edwards: Strong Week

Hillary Clinton: Consistent Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Strong Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Bill Richardson: Very Poor Week.

Joe Biden: Very Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 12: Obama remains in control of MySpace and YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	119317	+11522	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	100467	+6101	2
#3 John Edwards	41779	+1111	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	23276	+1016	4
#5 Bill Richardson	18064	+604	5
#6 Joe Biden	11524	+564	6
#7 Mike Gravel	6163	+397	7
#8 Chris Dodd	6813	+357	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Strong Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Strong Week.

Bill Richardson: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Consistent Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Chris Dodd: Poor Week.


YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	8453	+268	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	4359	+210	2
#3 John Edwards	3026	+42	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	2063	+63	4
#5 Mike Gravel	1392	+77	5
#6 Bill Richardson	983	+36	7
#7 Joe Biden	879	+17	5
#8 Chris Dodd	307	+9	8

Barack Obama: Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Strong Week.

John Edwards: Poor Week

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Bill Richardson: Poor Week.

Joe Biden: Very Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 11: Obama remains in control of MySpace and YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	107795	+7604	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	94366	+5008	2
#3 John Edwards	40668	+913	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	22260	+908	4
#5 Bill Richardson	17460	+630	5
#6 Joe Biden	10960	+479	6
#7 Mike Gravel	5766	+422	7
#8 Chris Dodd	6456	+105	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Consistent Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

Bill Richardson: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.


YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	8185	+1675	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	4149	+135	2
#3 John Edwards	2984	+55	4
#4 Dennis Kucinich	2000	+60	6
#5 Mike Gravel	1315	+76	3
#6 Bill Richardson	947	+48	7
#7 Joe Biden	862	+26	5
#8 Chris Dodd	298	+11	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Strong Week.

John Edwards: Poor Week

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Bill Richardson: Poor Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 10: Obama remains in control of MySpace and YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	100191	+9066	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	89358	+5777	2
#3 John Edwards	39755	+1037	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	21352	+1276	5
#5 Bill Richardson	16830	+908	4
#6 Joe Biden	10481	+469	6
#7 Mike Gravel	5344	+501	7
#8 Chris Dodd	6351	+261	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Consistent Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Strong Week.

Bill Richardson: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.


YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	6510	+230	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	4014	+293	2
#3 Mike Gravel	1239	+256	5
#4 John Edwards	2929	+69	3
#5 Joe Biden	836	+172	6
#6 Dennis Kucinich	1940	+91	4
#7 Bill Richardson	899	+36	7
#8 Chris Dodd	287	+29	8

Barack Obama: Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

Mike Gravel: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Poor Week.

Joe Biden: Strong Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

Bill Richardson: Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 9: Obama remains the trend setter on MySpace and reclaimed the top spot on YouTube.

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	91125	+6137	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	83581	+5072	2
#3 John Edwards	38718	+1319	3
#4 Bill Richardson	15922	+1210	5
#5 Dennis Kucinich	20076	+892	4
#6 Joe Biden	10012	+478	6
#7 Mike Gravel	4843	+559	7
#8 Chris Dodd	6090	+282	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Consistent Week.

Bill Richardson: Strong Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Poor Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.


YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	6280	+373	2
#2 Hillary Clinton	3721	+268	1
#3 John Edwards	2860	+64	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	1849	+77	4
#5 Mike Gravel	983	+60	5
#6 Joe Biden	664	+64	7
#7 Bill Richardson	863	+46	6
#8 Chris Dodd	258	+17	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong Week.

Hillary Clinton: Strong Week.

John Edwards: Poor Week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent Week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent Week.

Joe Biden: Consistent Week.

Bill Richardson: Poor Week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 8: Obama leads MySpace while Clinton continues on top of YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	84988	+9804	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	78509	+5204	2
#3 John Edwards	37399	+1588	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	19184	+1595	4
#5 Bill Richardson	14712	+812	5
#6 Joe Biden	9534	+467	6
#7 Mike Gravel	4284	+630	7
#8 Chris Dodd	5808	+284	8

Barack Obama: Very Strong week.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week.

John Edwards: Consistent week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent week.

Bill Richardson: Consistent week.

Joe Biden: Poor week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.


YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Hillary Clinton	3453	+656	1
#2 Barack Obama	5907	+277	2
#3 John Edwards	2796	+60	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	1772	+103	4
#5 Mike Gravel	923	+106	6
#6 Bill Richardson	817	+75	5
#7 Joe Biden	600	+19	7
#8 Chris Dodd	241	+21	8

Hillary Clinton: Very strong week.

Barack Obama: Strong week.

John Edwards: Poor week.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent week.

Bill Richardson: Consistent week.

Joe Biden: Very poor week.

Chris Dodd: Very Poor Week.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 7: Obama leads MySpace while Clinton now is tops on YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	75184	+9659	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	73305	+5126	2
#3 John Edwards	35811	+1704	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	17589	+1010	4
#5 Bill Richardson	13900	+801	5
#6 Joe Biden	9067	+405	6
#7 Mike Gravel	3654	+563	8
#8 Chris Dodd	5524	+224	7

Barack Obama: Very Strong week. The normal solid week from Obama as he was #1 in new friends added for the week along with taking the total friend lead.

Hillary Clinton: Very Strong Week. Despite losing the total friend lead to Obama continues strong weekly gains.

John Edwards: Consistent week. Still remains the 3rd most popular choice.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent week. Continues to distance himself from the rest of 2nd tier candidates.

Bill Richardson: Consistent week.

Joe Biden: Poor week. Inconsistency plagues him as he had 2nd fewest number of new friends this week.

Mike Gravel: Consistent week. Moved up to #7 in the power rankings as he added more friends then Biden and Dodd this week.

Chris Dodd: Continues his consistency of pitiful performances. Needs a miracle at this point in time as he is #8 in the power rankings.

YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Hillary Clinton	2797	+940	4
#2 Barack Obama	5630	+232	1
#3 John Edwards	2736	+54	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	1669	+27	2
#5 Bill Richardson	742	+70	6
#6 Mike Gravel	817	+33	5
#7 Joe Biden	581	+21	7
#8 Chris Dodd	220	+7	8

Hillary Clinton: Very strong week. Moved up to the top spot in the power rankings from 4th, after receiving over 900 new subscribtions this week.

Barack Obama: Strong week. Dropped from the top spot depite having the 2nd highest number of new subscriptions for the week.

John Edwards: Poor week. Had a consistent number of new subscriptions if he was a 2nd tier candidate. More is needed from him if he wants to remain in the top tier.

Dennis Kucinich: Very poor week. Lost 2 spots in this weeks power rankings after having the 6th highest number of new subscriptions.

Bill Richardson: Consistent week. Gained a spot in the power rankings after having the 3rd highest number of new subscriptions this week.

Mike Gravel: Poor week. Dropped a spot in the power rankings with the 5th highest number of new subscriptions.

Joe Biden: Very poor week. Had 7th highest number of new subscriptions.

Chris Dodd: Continues his consistency of pitiful performances. Needs a miracle at this point in time.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 6: Obama takes back command of MySpace but is stuck in a battle with Kucinich on YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	65525	+25683	3
#2 Hillary Clinton	68179	+12541	1
#3 John Edwards	34107	+2550	2
#4 Dennis Kucinich	16579	+2141	4
#5 Bill Richardson	13089	+2727	5
#6 Joe Biden	8662	+1226	6
#7 Chris Dodd	5300	+488	7
#8 Mike Gravel	3091	-	-

Barack Obama: Reclaimed #1 in power rankings. Despite starting new MySpace profile last week has over 60,000 total friends again.

Hillary Clinton: Dropped to #2 in power rankings. Despite adding 12,000 new friends this week lost lots of ground to Obama.

John Edwards: Dropped to #3 in power rankings. Is slowly falling into the grips of the 2nd tier candidates with inconsistency.

Dennis Kucinich: Consistent week.

Bill Richardson: Consistent week.

Joe Biden: Consistent week.

Chris Dodd: Continues his consistency of pitiful performances. Needs a miracle at this point in time.

Mike Gravel: Finally added to the MySpace Impact promotion. Will have more detailed information on him next week.

YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	5398	+156	1
#2 Dennis Kucinich	1642	+359	2
#3 John Edwards	2682	+68	3
#4 Hillary Clinton	1857	+70	4
#5 Mike Gravel	784	+106	7
#6 Bill Richardson	672	+109	6
#7 Joe Biden	560	+26	5
#8 Chris Dodd	213	+13	8

Barack Obama: Consistent week.

Dennis Kucinich: Very strong week. Backed last weeks strong week up with an equally strong week.

John Edwards: Poor week. Had 6th highest number of new subscriptions this week.

Hillary Clinton: Poor week. Had 5th highest number of new subscriptions this week.

Mike Gravel: Very strong week. Moved up 2 spots in this weeks power rankings.

Bill Richardson: Very strong week. Had 3rd highest number of new subscriptions this week.

Joe Biden: Very poor week. Inconsistency plagues him.

Chris Dodd: Continues his consistency of pitiful performances. Needs a miracle at this point in time.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 5: Clinton takes top spot on MySpace while Kucinich makes move on YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Hillary Clinton	55638	+26556	2
#2 John Edwards	31557	+5378	3
#3 Barack Obama	39842	-	1
#4 Dennis Kucinich	14438	+5956	4
#5 Bill Richardson	10362	+1958	5
#6 Joe Biden	7436	+2275	6
#7 Chris Dodd	4812	+1244	7

There was a mix up this past week on MySpace. It turns out that Barack Obama campaign was using a supportor made profile as his campaign profile. The supportor made profile is now not part of the campaign, as the campaign officially launched a campaign profile. Due to this situation I have dropped Obama from the top spot in which he occupied the first 4 weeks down to 3rd spot in the power rankings. Hillary Clinton is now on top of the power rankings. Clinton had a great week distancing herself from the pack by adding (26,556) new friends this week. John Edwards is staying steady so I bumped him up to 2nd place this week in wake of the Obama fallout. The second tier candidate race is beginning to get interesting as it seems Dennis Kucinich's campaign is really working on maximizing his exposure with the social networks. Kucinich had a very strong week by adding (5,986) new friends this week, if this continues we could see him challenging the big 3 this summer. For the rest of the second tier, everything remained pretty steady with Joe Biden continuing to close in on Bill Richardson with Chris Dodd stumbling around hopelessly.

YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	5242	+254	2
#2 Dennis Kucinich	1283	+462	4
#3 John Edwards	2614	+153	1
#4 Hillary Clinton	1787	+133	3
#5 Joe Biden	534	+49	6
#6 Bill Richardson	563	+34	5
#7 Mike Gravel	678	-	-
#8 Chris Dodd	200	+21	7

Barack Obama reclaimed the top spot on YouTube as he had yet another strong week. The suprise of the week was Dennis Kucinich, as he had the most new subscriptions (462). Kucinich is becoming a a favorite on YouTube as he has responded directly back to several other YouTubers. That could become a trademark of the Kucinich campaign if he continues with the brillant idea. Due to his strong showing I moved Kucinich up to 2nd place to see if he can repeat his showing. John Edwards' run of great weeks slowed quite abit so he feel down to 3rd in the power rankings. Hillary Clinton is not making as big of splash as other canididates on video but as of right now she don't need to. Second tier candidates lost Dennis Kucinich for at least a week but added Mike Gravel. Gravel was finally added to the YouChoose promotion which now makes him a factor. Joe Biden moved past Bill Richardson for 5th spot this week as this looks to be a long term dogfight. Gravel entered in 7th place in the power rankings as he has a nice stash of subscriptions(678). Chris Dodd is just not making any ground in either social network and probally will be holding the rear down for some time.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 4: Kucinich makes move on MySpace while Edwards takes top spot on YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	152137	+28150	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	29082	+10070	2
#3 John Edwards	26179	+6002	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	8482	+4356	5
#5 Bill Richardson	8404	+3417	4
#6 Joe Biden	5161	+2256	6
#7 Chris Dodd	3568	+1860	7

Barack Obama remains the trend-setter in Week 4 on MySpace, as he continues to pick up more friends than any other candidate. Hillary Clinton continues to build a cushion between herself and John Edwards as she has now outfriended Edwards three consecutive weeks. Second tier candidates are a considerible distance behind the top tier candidates and they all had decent weeks by their standards by each adding over 1500 friends each. Second tier candidate of the week goes to Dennis Kucinich. Kucinich made the only move in the power rankings, moving past Bill Richardson after a super week.

YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 John Edwards	2461	+603	2
#2 Barack Obama	4988	+303	1
#3 Hillary Clinton	1654	+134	3
#4 Dennis Kucinich	821	+80	4
#5 Bill Richardson	529	+52	5
#6 Joe Biden	485	+47	6
#7 Chris Dodd	179	+16	7

John Edwards stopped Barack Obama's dominance on YouTube. I have moved Edwards up to the top of the power rankings after his second consecutive strong week. He received (300) more subscriptions than Obama. Hillary Clinton did not fair as well on YouTube this past week as she barely beat out second tier candidates in subscriptions received. Second tier candidates are a considerible distance behind the top tier candidates but Dennis Kucinich is slowly distancing himself out of the crowd and with his impeachment of Cheney now filed, I could see him get even stronger in the coming weeks. The best matchup I see over the next few weeks will be Bill Richardson and Joe Biden. Richardson is only (44) subscriptions ahead of Biden. One thing for certain is Chris Dodd has no support coming in on the social networks to date. Over the past 3 weeks, Dodd has gained only (41) YouTube subscriptions which is not going to cut it for a candidate needing to spread his meassage.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 3: Obama is everybodys friend on MySpace while Edwards has the strongest week on YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	123987	+23481	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	19012	+8851	2
#3 John Edwards	20177	+1845	3
#4 Bill Richardson	4987	+2503	4
#5 Dennis Kucinich	4126	+1973	5
#6 Joe Biden	2905	+1327	6
#7 Chris Dodd	1708	+1006	7

Barack Obama remains the trend-setter in Week 3 on MySpace as he continues to pick up more friends than any other candidate. In fact this past week Obama added more friends that any other candidate has total friends. The past week was also very productive for Hillary Clinton as she friended as many people as any of the second tier candidates have total friends. John Edwards had a very dismal week as 4 other candidates added more friends than him. Second tier candidates are a considerible distance behind the top tier candidates and they all had decent weeks by their standards by each adding over 1000 friends each. The candidate I have my eye on is Bill Richardson. Richardson added 2500 friends this week which was 3rd best. If he continues this pattern over the next couple months he could see himself neck and neck with John Edwards.

YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	4685	+255	1
#2 John Edwards	1858	+292	3
#3 Hillary Clinton	1566	+92	2
#4 Dennis Kucinich	741	+68	4
#5 Bill Richardson	477	+33	5
#6 Joe Biden	438	+15	6
#7 Chris Dodd	163	+10	7

John Edwards stopped Barack Obama's dominance on YouTube. Edwards jumped back to 2nd in the power rankings with top week in subscriptions received. He received (37) more subscriptions than Obama. Hillary Clinton did not fair as well on YouTube this past week as she barely beat out second teir candidates in subscriptions received. Second tier candidates are a considerible distance behind the top tier candidates but Dennis Kucinich is slowly distancing himself out of the crowd. Kucinich received a total number of subscriptions (68) greater than the Richardson, Biden and Dodd combined (58). One thing for certain is Chris Dodd has no support coming in on the social networks to date. Over the past 2 weeks Dodd has gained only (25) YouTube subscriptions which is not going to cut it for a candidate needing to spread his meassage.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 2: Clinton rises on MySpace and YouTube

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	100506	+6703	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	10161	+1530	3
#3 John Edwards	18332	+746	2
#4 Bill Richardson	2484	+268	4
#5 Dennis Kucinich	2153	+248	5
#6 Joe Biden	1578	+84	6
#7 Chris Dodd	702	+60	7

Barack Obama remains the trend-setter in Week 2 on MySpace as he continues to pick up more friends than any other candidate. The only change in the power rankings this week was I moved Hillary Clinton up to second spot. The past week was more productive for Clinton as she friended twice as many people as the previous second place John Edwards. Second tier candidates are a considerible distance behind the top tier candidates and there was no real movement this past week for any of them.

YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	4430	+344	1
#2 Hillary Clinton	1428	+131	3
#3 John Edwards	1566	+89	2
#4 Dennis Kucinich	673	+53	4
#5 Bill Richardson	444	+48	5
#6 Joe Biden	423	+38	6
#7 Chris Dodd	153	+15	7

Barack Obama remains the trend-setter in Week 2 on YouTube as he continues to pick up more subscriptions than any other candidate. The only change in the power rankings this week was I moved Hillary Clinton up to second spot. This past week was more productive for Clinton as she gathered 42 more subscriptions than the previous second place John Edwards. Second tier candidates are a considerible distance behind the top tier candidates and there was no real movement this past week for any of them. Then there is Chris Dodd who is not having much luck at all with this social networking thing. Attention Senator Dodd, maybe you should hire up a couple college students to help craft a social networking plan that will be competitive with the rest.

Social Networking in the Democratic Party Week 1: Obama is early trend setter on both YouTube and MySpace

Social networking looks like it is going to be a efficient way for the candidates to get there name and views out to the masses this election cycle. So I have decided to pick up on it and will be doing weekly analyzing of the Democrats. For the time being I will only focus my attention on the 2 networking sites who have actually made specific pages for the candidates, namely YouTube "You Choose" and MySpace Imapct.

MySpace

	Friends	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	93803	-	-
#2 John Edwards	17586	-	-
#3 Hillary Clinton	8631	-	-
#4 Bill Richardson	2216	-	-
#5 Dennis Kucinich	1905	-	-
#6 Joe Biden	1494	-	-
#7 Chris Dodd	642	-	-

Barack Obama is far and away the trend setter in Week 1 on MySpace. But the true strength of his MySpace page will be seen over the coming weeks as he has a gigantic lead due in part to his carry over of his page from before to MySpace Impact. Obama and Edwards were the only Democratic candidates that did not start a new MySpace page when MySpace initiated the Impact program. John Edwards has a considerable lead over 3rd place Hillary Clinton but like I said before time will test the strength of the Edwards page.

Second tier candidates are a considerible distance behind the top tier candidates. But they are bunched together so who pokes ahead of the rest may become a viable candidate. Bill Richardson leads in the second tier pack, with Dennis Kucinich and Joe Biden in reasonable range. Chris Dodd is the bottom feeder on MySpace with only a fraction of friends of even the second tier candidates and it appears they aren't using social networking to the extent of the other campaigns.

YouTube

	Subscribers	Net Gain from last week	Last weeks power ranking
#1 Barack Obama	4086	-	-
#2 John Edwards	1477	-	-
#3 Hillary Clinton	1297	-	-
#4 Dennis Kucinich	620	-	-
#5 Bill Richardson	396	-	-
#6 Joe Biden	385	-	-
#7 Chris Dodd	138	-	-

Barack Obama is far and away the trend setter in week 1 on YouTube. Obama is handily ahead of the other top tier candidates John Edwards and Hillary Clinton who have very similar numbers to each other so far. On the other end of the spectrum Chris Dodd must not be putting much effort so far into the social networking as he is not getting much support at all. He is barely registering a 1/3 the support of his nearest rivals Joe Biden and Bill Richardson. And all to his lonesome stuck out in the middle is Dennis Kucinich whom over the next few weeks his pace will decide if he can make a move towards the top or will he fall to the trenches.